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The Mersey Railway was the second underground line in the UK, opened in 1886, and also worked by steam

Sir, The chart in The Times (Jan
9), showing the dates of the world’s underground railways from London in
1863, omitted another pioneer line — the Mersey Railway from Birkenhead to
Liverpool, opened in 1886 and also worked by steam. It was thus not only the
second underground line in the UK but also, I believe, in the world. It was
also sub-fluvial since it ran under the Mersey. The Mersey Railway had the
further distinction of being the first line in the country to convert from
steam to electric traction, in 1903. Liverpool also boasted the world’s
first electric elevated